MMM Blog
Anxiety
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 12.04.2022 One of my favourite pieces from the Gospel is where Jesus tells us: “Which of you can live a few more years by worrying about it? If you can’t manage even such a small thing, why worry about other things?” (Luke […]
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Mother Mary to the Sisters, Passion Sunday 1963
by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist 10.04.2022 As we celebrate Palm Sunday, we look back at a letter written by Mother Mary Martin on Passion Sunday in 1963 to the Sisters in Makiungu, Tanzania. The MMM Archive is extremely lucky to hold many of the letters that […]
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What Sr. Cora Wall taught me
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 08.04.2022 A few years ago, I was asked to watch a webinar about the works of The United States Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking. They showed four branches, Education, Communication, Advocacy and Survivor Protection. The Sisters who spoke were very […]
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Hospitality
by Sr. Ruth Percival MMM England 06.04.2022 When I was a child in the 1950s my family used to attend the local parish in Derby. One Sunday, we and the rest of the people were astonished to see two Nigerian men come in. We had not seen […]
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Foundation Day
Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 04.04.2022 One morning recently I visited Mother Mary’s grave. In need of some inspiration, I said to her “I haven’t written anything for a while, is there anything you want me to write about?”Well, that very evening as I was just […]
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Never too old
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.04.2022 Today my older sister celebrates fifteen years of marriage. Yes, fifteen, and she, like me, is in her seventies. This is her second marriage and today I just stopped and thought – it is never too old […]
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Compassion
By Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 31.03.2022 I never learnt Latin, but knowledge of Latin is very useful when you begin to look at the word compassion. In English, it is often mixed up with pity. When I pity someone, I put myself in a […]
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Steps for Hope
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 31.03.2022 “Step by Step they go together until they reach the God of SION”. These paraphrased words of Psalm 84 helped me as a young Sister to navigate the joys and sorrows of friendship. I felt a more looking outward towards […]
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Breaking Through
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.03.2022 Isn’t this a wonderful picture? I was really taken with it when Sr. Kathie sent me this from USA. It speaks to the tough times of our lives. The times when we see only barrenness and concrete in our lives. Difficulties, […]
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Mother’s Day Musing
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 27.03.2022 Recently, my 13 year old threw up all over the bed and himself. High temperatures from COVID 19 had made him very ill and I knew as I got him to the shower that most likely I would soon have the […]
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